Anyone have suggestions for cold weather gasoline generators? 1200 - 1500 watt.
Use to love Champion, but when had to replace last two new ones were junk. Never ran right and one died 12 months in.
Mostly run in winter. Use for lights, charging small battery bank.
Yes we only use non ethanol gas in all our small engines. Have to drive an hour to get it. Some high octane racing gas. We also do regular oil changes. Thanks 😊
@LindaWisner We've had good luck with Craftsman and Toro. Our current one is a Toro 5600 watt, though.
We had a big toro for 8 yrs? Loved it. Only thing missing was low oil shut off, but I always check before running. We run little genny for little stuff alot. Big genny for well and big stuff occasionally. Big one 13000 and gulps gallon of gas an hour. Usually only have to run 15 mins. Little genny 3/4 gallon for 6ish hours. Maybe I'll see if small toro available. Thanks 😊
@LindaWisner I don't even know if Craftsman makes them anymore.
The husband hooked up the 5600 watt so it runs the house. Mostly. We'll have heat and lights, but can't have the electric water heater on and can't use the stove or clothes dryer.
To shower, we have to turn almost everything off, flip the breaker for the water heater back on, wait a half hour, shower quickly, then switch it all back.
Wish we could afford an automatic generator. *sigh*
That's one thing about being off grid. Need to plan everything. Not a big deal after a while. Been building up solar. Winter is problem bcuz of sun. Did buy turbine but no time to install last fall. Next year's summer project. Thanks again!
@LindaWisner
I only have general maintenance suggestions that you probably already know.
From what I recall from my snow blowing days in Minnesota, gas with the least ethanol and deoxygenated (usually 89 or above), and regular oil changes made the engines last longer.
As with everything, check with the manufacturer's recommendations. This is just stuff I recall. I live in California where I need a snow blower as much as you need ice cubes.